Headline RoundupJune 26th, 2020

Trump Signs Executive Order Aimed at Improving Child Welfare System

Donald Trump, White House, Coronavirus, Culture, Inequality, Family And Marriage

Summary from the AllSides News Team

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directed at improving the child welfare system and decreasing the amount of time kids spend in foster care before they are permanently placed with families. The order reportedly aims to give care providers access to better funding, tools for education, and ways of dealing with trauma. Only three sources rated as either left or center— the ACLU, the Hill and the Associated Press — covered the order, while it received more frequent coverage from right-rated outlets. The ACLU took issue with the order's focus on increased involvement of "faith-based" agencies, saying that state governments should know "religion is not a license to discriminate." Coverage from right-rated sources framed the order more as a well-intentioned effort from the Trump administration.

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From the Center

Trump signs executive order aimed at improving foster care system

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President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order intended to improve the child welfare system, seeking to strengthen foster care and adoption programs amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The order, which Trump signed in the Oval Office without media present, aims to improve transparency and oversight and increase collaboration between public, private and faith-based groups that focus on child welfare.

"Among other changes, the Order seeks to increase partnerships between public, private, faith-based, and community organizations to help keep families together and, when that is not possible, to find children forever...

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From the Left

ACLU Comment on Trump Executive Order on Foster Care

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WASHINGTON — President Trump today signed an executive order related to the child welfare system. The order authorizes funding for the Department of Health and Human Services and encourages state governments to develop partnerships with faith-based agencies.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a related issue this fall in a case involving a Philadelphia foster care agency. The case was brought by Catholic Social Services, which objects to working with same-sex couples. The American Civil Liberties Union is counsel in the case, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia.

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From the Right

Forever Families for Forgotten Kids

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Analysis

Last year, I met with a group of students who had endured the foster-care system. Anthony was moved from foster home to foster home for 18 years — his entire childhood. Another, David, had entered foster care at eight years old. He was placed in seven different inpatient facilities within six months. Both expressed their hope that no child would ever have to experience what they had.

This week, President Trump signed an executive order to help kids like Anthony and David. The order, which will decrease the time that...

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